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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1991
INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CONFERENCE ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD FROM DECEMBER IN HONG 17 TO 19 TO DISCUSS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE KONG ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND APPRAISAL.
THE CONFERENCE, WITH THE THEME OF "QUILL AND QUILT"
AND LEARNING, MAINTAINING AND ACHIEVING QUALITY IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
BY IS ORGANISED
OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE
INSTITUTE
OF
IT WILL BE OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MR JOHN CHAN.
THE
MANPOWER,
EIGHTY-SEVEN
OF
THE
NEARLY
400
REPRESENTATIVES FROM 17 COUNTRIES.
PARTICIPANTS
ARE
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THE TEACHING AND LANGUAGE USE;
AMONG THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED WILL BE:
OF CONCEPT
QUALITY
IN LANGUAGE LEARNING,
LANGUAGE
QUALITY IN SCHOOLS: THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS;
RELATIONSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS;
QUALITY IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC IMPERATIVES;
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LANGUAGE STANDARDS;
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KEY AREAS IN THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY, AND
ASSESSMENT, APPRAISAL AND MONITORING.
SOME OF A
"AS IN THE PAST SIX CONFERENCES, THE SPEAKERS INCLUDE THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORITIES ON LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING, SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
OF
RESEARCH
NORTHERN THEY INCLUDE THE PROFESSOR
EDUCATION,
TERRITORY THE HEAD OF THE AUSTRALIA, PROF FRANCES CHRISTIE; UNIVERSITY,
ASTON UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, PROF DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT
OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND NIGEL REEVES; THE DIRECTOR
SHAW CHANG; CENTRE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE,
BEN-NA, AND THE DIRECTOR OF HENAN TV UNIVERSITY, TIANJIN, PROF DR BONIFACIO SIBAYAN, A NOTED FILIPINO SOCIOLINGUIST.
DR LOO TIAN
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
THE
SEVENTH
ORGANISED
BY THE OPENED ON TUESDAY EXHIBITION CENTRE ON
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
BE IN EDUCATION WILL INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE (DECEMBER 17), AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT 8.45 AM.
COVER THE OPENING YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO
PLENARY
MEDIA SESSIONS
THE AND THE
DURING
THREE-DAY CONFERENCE.
"CENTRE REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO ASSEMBLE ON LEVEL SIX OF AT 8.30 AM.
THE
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